Kerly
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Kerly by the numbers
Kerly was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 13 babies in 2002, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Kerly
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kerly. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Kellybright-headed or warrior; from O Ceallaigh610 in the US (2017)
- Karlyfree man; a modern respelling of Carla or Carly149 in the US (2017)
- Kerrydark-haired; from County Kerry87 in the US (2017)
- Keelybeautiful; a form of Keelia or Keeley79 in the US (2017)
- Kerbysettlement with a church; a form of Kirby5 in the US (2017)
- Keily216 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Kerly
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